News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan holds first annual Business Forum on Green Technologies
Publishing date: 6 June 2018
Strengthening co-operation in the field of environmental and sustainable development in Central Asia was the focus of the 2018 OSCE International Business Forum on Green Technologies, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan in co-operation with the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Ecology and Environmental Protection and ITECA Exhibitions, on 5 and 6 June in Tashkent.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe collaborates with OSCE Academy in Bishkek on capacity building in water resources governance
Publishing date: 30 May 2018
The OSCE Office in Dushanbe’s Water Management and Energy Security Unit delivered a training seminar on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) to students of the Master’s programme in Economic Governance and Development at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek from May 14 to 23.
Dialogue on future of human capital development, economic progress and security in OSCE area must involve all stakeholders, say participants at discussion in Venice
Publishing date: 24 May 2018
VENICE, Italy, 24 May 2018 – Economic progress and security in the OSCE area through innovation, human capital development and good public and corporate governance were the focus of the two-day Second Preparatory Meeting of the Economic and Environmental Forum which opened today in Venice...
OSCE-supported transboundary exercise for effective joint response to wildfires in Chernobyl-affected areas held in Gomel, Belarus
Publishing date: 22 May 2018
A two-day discussion-based tabletop exercise on how to respond to a simulated wildfire in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, in close partnership with the Global Fire Monitoring Center, was held on 17 and 18 May 2018 in the city of Gomel in Belarus near the border with Ukraine...
Water connects economic, social and environmental sectors throughout OSCE area; its management in Mediterranean region discussed today in Vienna
Publishing date: 7 May 2018
VIENNA, 7 May 2018 – Perspectives on water management from both sides of the Mediterranean region with a focus on the interconnectivity of its economic, social and environmental challenges, were the focus of today’s OSCE Mediterranean Contact Group discussion held in Vienna...
OSCE continues series of roundtable discussions on developing Kazakhstan’s Environmental Code
Publishing date: 30 April 2018
An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on Kazakhstan’s new Environmental Code concluded on 28 April 2018 in Astana...
Protection of energy infrastructure from natural hazards in focus of OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 27 April 2018
Representatives of the State Commission on Emergency Situations, military and law-enforcement bodies, the State Seismology Service under the Academy of Science, and relevant ministries discussed the protection of energy infrastructure from natural hazards at an OSCE-organized seminar held in Ashgabat on 26 and 27 April 2018.